A 10-year-old child in a school deworming programme in Tanzania has a stool egg count showing Ascaris lumbricoides at 60,000 eggs per gram (epg). Acco...

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A 10-year-old child in a school deworming programme in Tanzania has a stool egg count showing Ascaris lumbricoides at 60,000 eggs per gram (epg). According to WHO intensity classification, what is this infection intensity?

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Heavy intensity

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Light intensity

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Moderate intensity

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This egg count is not clinically significant

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Intensity cannot be determined from egg counts

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): STH Intensity Classification

A 10-year-old child in a school deworming programme in Tanzania has a stool egg count showing Ascaris lumbricoides at 60,000 eggs per gram (epg). According to WHO intensity classification, what is this infection intensity?